One additional response inserted below: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, laughinggull108 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <authfriend@> wrote: > > > > > > Gee, you're stupid, laughinggull. > > > > > > Feste too. But you're *really* stupid. > > > > <snip> > > > > Feste, we both got off easy in the above from our dear Judy; > > IMO, I got off just a bit easier. I received a mere harsh > > glance whereas you received a slap on the wrist. However, we > > both avoided a good ol' fashioned ass-whoopin'. You see, she > > only called me "stupid" (less favorable) but spelled it > > correctly (more favorable); same for you, however, she added > > the adverb "really" (less favorable), again spelled correctly > > (more favorable), then used asterisks for emphasis (less > > favorable). > > Er, laughinggull, I'm not sure why you thought the "you" > in "you're" above referred to feste rather than you. It > did not. > > > This got me to thinking (!) and, being a slow day at work > > yesterday, I found myself becoming more proficient in the > > use of the "advanced search" function on FFL. Below are > > some of my findings: > > Also not clear, especially when you went to such trouble to > compile links to examples, why you believe they're all a > function of my having asked someone (usually Barry) a > question. I'll take a wild guess: You didn't actually read > the examples you cited. > > In any case, while links by themselves can look impressive, > it's even more impressive to check the posts themselves. > Because if you do, you will find that I do not use the > adjective "STOOOOOOOOOPID" lightly.
That last sentence defines exactly our differences in how each of us approaches this forum. You really *do* take it seriously, don't you? *Not* using adjectives lightly...would that be heavily or harshly? Lighten up Judy! > > (By "you" in the paragraph immediately above, I don't mean laughinggull; I > mean those readers who are not themselves > STOOOOOOOOOOOOPID.) > > > > > > > > > Few have tried but none can match the skill and artistry of our dear Judy > > in calling someone stupid on this forum...to put it simply, she *is* and > > will *always be* the one true master. > > > > When Judy wants you to pay attention (like a fifth-grade student with his > > head on his desk abrupty awakened from a stolen nap, and lifting his head > > in confusion thinking "Did Miss Stein just ask me something?"), she > > mispells "stupid" as "stoopid". The number of "o"s used varies from as few > > as two up to a whopping eighteen and is dependent on how much attention she > > wishes to garner from you: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/272412 > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/253194 > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/225008 > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/279466 > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/276580 > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/328630 > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/261112. > > > > My research also indicates that our dear Judy is the only poster on FFL to > > have attempted using "stoopider" or "stoopidest", again with varying number > > of "o"s, as in: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247574 > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/177467. > > I humbly bow to the master. > > > > By the time she starts attaching "really", again misspelled as "reely" with > > varying number of "e"s, to her "stoopid", it becomes suddenly and > > abundantly clear to that fifth-grade student who has just awakened from his > > stolen nap that, yes indeedy, Miss Stein has definitely asked him a > > question, and not only that, fully expects him to answer or else face the > > consequences: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/163836 > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/251793 > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/270344 > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/272653. > > > > That fifth-grade begins furtively glancing around looking for an escape > > route when Miss Stein begins adding extra "l"s (this doesn't happen often > > as I think it might be reserved for very special cases) in the misspelling > > of "reeellly", and/or using several repetitions of "reely", again with > > varying number of "e"s (happens frequently): > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/291538 > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/291102 > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/193884 > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/292164 > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247573 > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/323593 > > and how can I not draw attention to what will now become infamous: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/247573. > > Everyone, *on your knees*. > > > > Hearsay from past students tells the tale of Miss Stein once going so far > > as to use asterisks to add emphasis to her misspelling of several > > repetitions of "reeellly" with both a large number of extra "e"s *and* > > "l"s, henceforth referred to as the "perfect storm" in literary circles, > > and the two students to whom this brutality was directed were heard > > muttering, "Oh, the inhumanity, the inhumanity!" and "Dear God, help me > > Jesus, dear God, help me Jesus!". Well, dear readers, legend becomes fact > > as I present to you the following from my research: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/194019. > > Man, my ass is stinging from just reading that. We know that Barry survived > > but does anyone know how do.rflex is doing? > > > > Yep, feste, I'd say we both got off reeelll easy with Miss Stein. Now we > > can go back to sleep and finish that stolen nap. Sweet dreams... > > >